Where does “-owaty” come from?

-owaty (Polish) comes from Polish -owy, from Old Polish -owy, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

-owaty (Polish): forms masculine adjectives meaning having a trait

Definitions

  1. forms masculine adjectives meaning having a trait

Ancestry of “-owaty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-owy-y
2Old Polish-owyappended to nouns to form adjectives; -y
3Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to

Words derived from “-owaty

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъEvery word from Polish -owyEvery word from Old Polish -owy